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Looks like Valve is preparing to release SteamOS to the public (or at least to third-party hardware manufacturers) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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[–] DaTingGoBrrr@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Linux mint is a stable distro that I would recommend to beginners. Or maybe Nobara or Bazzite would be a good choice too. Use whatever distro you like most.

All you really would have to do after installing your distro is to install Steam and enable "Steam Play" in settings. It allows Windows games to run on Linux. Then you install Civilization V through Steam as normal and when installing Guild Wars 2 you can use Steam as well. Run the installer as a non-steam app and install it. Then run the game exe through Steam once it's installed.

There should be good guides online (YouTube or Google) for installing Linux Mint alongside Windows.

Once you have your system installed feel free to let me know if you need help with Steam and getting the games running

[–] LemmyRefugee@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hi, I installed PopOs and it’s not very beginner friendly, or at least not to the extent that I’m used. I have already spent around 12 hours configuring settings, learning to make enough partitions, etc. Most hours ha e been trying to know why Guild wars2 was laggy as hell, and I finally discovered I had to configure the UEFI (Bios?) in an obscure parameter so my graphic card (nvidia) was detected.
Now it’s in a loop of ‘building vulkan shaders’ or something like that, it takes hours.
Honestly, I thought this process was going yo be easier, I have used so many terminal commands that I feel I’m in the old days of MsDos.

[–] YetiSkotch@ieji.de -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

@LemmyRefugee @DaTingGoBrrr Using Linux for gaming is harder then using it for coding or web-browsing 🌐.

Especially if you run closed source games like Guildwars 🎮. In my experience open source games like minetest or supertux run better.

Building vulkan shaders seems familiar: Do you use steam?

[–] LemmyRefugee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yes! I am using Steam to install the two games I play. Maybe I'll have to try Linux Mint, PopOs is not very user friendly or at least not what I'm used to.